Ryusei Fujii of the popular group "WEST." attended a press conference held at TV Asahi (Minato Ward, Tokyo) for the drama "All for You" (TV Asahi, Saturdays at 11pm), which he stars in and will start on January 10th. He revealed that his juniors sometimes mistake him for being "cool and scary."
At the press conference, Fujii's co-stars shared their impressions of him, and in response to words like "straightforward" and "warm-hearted," Fujii blushed and laughed, saying, "It's hard to respond to praise like that." When Igeta Hiroe, who plays the heroine, said, "He's just like the impression I get from TV: a cheerful older brother from Kansai," Fujii seemed relieved and said, "That's good. I don't talk much in large groups, so my juniors often get the wrong idea. They say, 'I thought you were a bit more cool and scary,' so I'm really grateful for that image."
Igeta expressed his gratitude, saying, "You sometimes ad-lib in Kansai dialect, and I think that's what makes you a cheerful person. There are many difficult scenes, but I feel reassured to have such a cheerful person right in the middle." To which he replied delighted, "I'm so grateful that you said I was 'reliable'!"
The drama is a love suspense story based on the novel of the same name by Natsuhara Eiji (published by Kodansha). During a happy wedding reception, the bride Sayaka (played by Igeta) is poisoned by an unknown assailant. The groom, Hayashida Kazuomi (played by Fujii), teams up with photographer Sakuraba (Ryuya Shimekake) to search for the culprit, but the hypocrisy of those around them and Sayaka's "dark past" are gradually revealed. Shimekake and Matsushita Yuki, who plays Sayaka's mother, also appeared at the press conference.
